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By The Editors May 27, 2008 3:22 pmMay 27, 2008 3:22 pm

More campaign-related opinion for Tuesday, May 27:

Editorial: The Frenzy for Campaign MoneyThe presidential candidates from both parties should accept public money for the general election and commit to updating the campaign-finance laws, or risk looking hypocritical to voters.

Bob Herbert: Roads, High and LowSenator Joe Biden criticizes the angry tone of the campaign, but are the candidates listening? John McCain’s remarks about Barack Obama’s lack of military service and Hillary Clinton’s reference to Bobby Kennedy’s assassination suggest that the answer is no.

The Opinionator: The Headwinds of WarThe National Review’s White House correspondent says going to war in Iraq was a “mistake,” and that John McCain has a long road ahead of him if he is to overcome the stigma of Iraq on his party.

A number of the states (Alaska, Colorado, Kansas) have held their local conventions and selected their last few delegates to the national convention, but the page has not been updated to reflect that.

Also the chart shows that Obama needs another 53.5 delegates to win the nomination. But it does not show that he won 36 in Colorado, 8 in Kansas, 10 in Alaska, and 3 in Wyoming. (I am relying here on the data at frontloading.blogspot.com) That is another 57 delegates, which puts Obama over the top if you also include the Superdelegates polled by the NYT.

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